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Friday, July 8, 2016
First Nations Films: NANABOZHUNG, Vanishing Link
Film is important to us as storytellers... go to link and watch the previews... Trace
How can First Nations continue to survive in the urban environment? How can they survive at all after reserve and residential schools. First Nations are not the problem in our society. They may just be the solution to the problem.
NANABOZHUNG - We Are the Solution - documentary- 2016 - 80 min.
After being 'rounded up' into reserves, after the imposition of the Indian Act and their forced re-education in the residential schools, can these First Nations people continue to survive
in this urban environment? Can we afford to allow their culture to die
when it puts the preservation of the environment above all else? From anemotional and Intellectual point of view we come to realize that 'First Nations are not the problem. They are the solution to the problem'. Directed by Lia Williams, Produced by Guy Hibbert (149.00)
VANISHING LINK - documentary - retracing her roots! - 2007 - 60 min.
A very personal and emotionally
moving program about one woman's "return" to her spiritual roots and
native identity. As this exciting story unfolds through the woman's
direct experiences the viewer follows her journey and so travels deeper
into her "return". Woven together with riveting stories from Elders
brought to life through stirring traditional art, dances, songs, and
crafts. Vanishing Link explores native spirituality through the oral
traditions of tribal elders while following a unique spiritual quest. A must-see for all audiences.
Both of these look good. I've heard of Vanishing Link before. I would hope that seeing a woman go in more from the outside to rediscover something she lost would help make it relatable to more people, to see everything from the ground up, so to speak.
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Why tribes do not recommend the DNA swab
Rebecca Tallbear entitled: “DNA, Blood, and Racializing the Tribe”, bearing out what I only inferred:
Detailed discussion of the Bering Strait theory and other scientific theories about the population of the modern-day Americas is beyond the scope of this essay. However, it should be noted that Indian people have expressed suspicion that DNA analysis is a tool that scientists will use to support theories about the origins of tribal people that contradict tribal oral histories and origin stories. Perhaps more important,the alternative origin stories of scientists are seen as intending to weaken tribal land and other legal claims (and even diminish a history of colonialism?) that are supported in U.S. federal and tribal law. As genetic evidence has already been used to resolve land conflicts in Asian and Eastern European countries, this is not an unfounded fear.
Both of these look good. I've heard of Vanishing Link before. I would hope that seeing a woman go in more from the outside to rediscover something she lost would help make it relatable to more people, to see everything from the ground up, so to speak.
ReplyDeleteI agree Shannon. The story is a beginning for her and she doesn't know what she was not taught until she learns it.
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